[OT][ANN] RubyConf India - more updates

[Habibullah Pagarkar]

Hey folks,

I'm guessing a lot of you would be interested in attending RubyConf. I've got some interesting updates. Also, please feel free to forward this to other mailing lists who might benefit.

Thanks!
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The RubyConf team has been hard at work and I am happy to share the following updates with you:

A) Talks

First off, thank you to those who took the time and effort to submit proposals. Our panelists, Chad Fowler and Ola Bini, were kept busy choosing 18 talks from the 70+ proposals - a time consuming task that they handled with care and thoroughness.

16 talks have been confirmed. They are listed in alphabetical here:

http://rubyconfindia.org/2011/speakers.html

We have a few talks competing for the last 2 slots. They'll be intimated early next week. I'll send out a final talks list then. Meanwhile, please keep checking the website:
www.rubyconfindia.org/2011

B) Travel and Accommodation

Last year's inaugural RubyConf was a ground breaking event. We helped present our small, but rapidly growing Ruby community to the world. This year we aim to promote cooperation among Indian Rubyists so that we can stand on the shoulders of giants and look ahead.

There are a lot of us not from Bangalore who by virtue of attending RubyConf will enrich us with their passion, ideas and opinions. Unfortunately, many don't know anybody from Bangalore. Staying at hotels around the venue might be out of the question for some. I'm not from Bangalore, but in the last 2.5 years in the Garden City, I've witnessed a lot of incidents of warm hospitality. So Bangalore Rubyists, let us take the lead to foster a community spirit. Let us get together and welcome fellow Ruby enthusiasts from across India.

If you have a spare room/couch/any sort of accommodation available on the night of May 28th (or 29th) and wouldn't mind being a welcoming host, please head onto the link below and update the wiki* with your contact details.

http://rubyconfindia.org/wiki/index.php/2011/Couch_Surfing

What do you get out of it? You get to meet interesting people who share your passions and interests. You'll also do your bit to build up the community.

From my estimates, we don't need a lot of people to volunteer, but every little bit of assistance helps.

For those who aren't very keen on crashing on somebody's couch, we are working to get reasonably priced accommodation. I'll send an email about that soon.

I understand that females may not be comfortable with this arrangement. Fair enough. We as a community should be encouraging the involvement of Indian women in IT. That's what Roy said at the last RubyConf to thunderous applause. We have taken a step in that direction.

If:

1) You are a female living outside Bangalore and
2) You want to attend RubyConf India 2011 and
3) You genuinely don't have a place to stay for the duration of the conference

Then:

ThoughtWorks India will sponsor your accommodation for the night of May 28th at a safe, convenient and comfortable location near the venue. Obviously conditions apply, so please contact Judy Das directly (not on the mailing list) at ju...@rubyconfindia.org and she'll answer your queries. You will still need to purchase a conference ticket and make travel arrangements on your own.

I'm sure you have a lot of questions. Please don't hesitate to contact me directly at habibp...@gmail.com. Remember, not everybody may be interested in your queries. So send a reply to the entire group only if it is warranted.

We've come this far and we are getting closer to the home stretch. Please keep supporting us :)

Thanks!

On behalf of the RubyConf India volunteers,

Habib

* Tejas Dinkar created the wiki. Thanks dude!

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[Anirban]

Hello Habib,
How about the idea providing some discount codes for Bangalore clojure
group members for ruby conf

On May 7, 12:58 pm, Habibullah Pagarkar <habibpagar...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> I'm guessing a lot of you would be interested in attending RubyConf. I've
> got some interesting updates. Also, please feel free to forward this to
> other mailing lists who might benefit.
>
> Thanks!
> ------------
>
> The RubyConf team has been hard at work and I am happy to share the
> following updates with you:
>

> *A) Talks*

>
> First off, thank you to those who took the time and effort to submit
> proposals. Our panelists, Chad Fowler and Ola Bini, were kept busy choosing
> 18 talks from the 70+ proposals - a time consuming task that they handled
> with care and thoroughness.
>
> 16 talks have been confirmed. They are listed in alphabetical here:
>
> http://rubyconfindia.org/2011/speakers.html
>
> We have a few talks competing for the last 2 slots. They'll be intimated
> early next week. I'll send out a final talks list then. Meanwhile, please
> keep checking the website:
>  www.rubyconfindia.org/2011
>

> *B) Travel and Accommodation*

> list) at j...@rubyconfindia.org and she'll answer your queries. You will

> still need to purchase a conference ticket and make travel arrangements on
> your own.
>
> I'm sure you have a lot of questions. Please don't hesitate to contact me

> directly at habibpagar...@gmail.com. Remember, not everybody may be

> interested in your queries. So send a reply to the entire group only if it
> is warranted.
>
> We've come this far and we are getting closer to the home stretch. Please
> keep supporting us :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> On behalf of the RubyConf India volunteers,
>
> Habib
>
> * Tejas Dinkar created the wiki. Thanks dude!
>
> --
> Habibullah Pagarkar

> habibpagar...@gmail.com
>
> http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~habibhttp://habib.posterous.com/http://twitter.com/mhabibp

[Habibullah Pagarkar]

:)

We had an early bird discount, but that set of tickets sold *very* quickly!